Red Sea Max Nano Build

[REEDELZ]

This is my first reef tank build.

Fish Additions
Purple Firefish
2 Snowflake Clownfish

Invertebrate Additions
3 Hermit Crabs
3 Cerith Snails
1 Electric Blue Hermit Crab
3 Nassarius Snails
3 Astrea Snails

Equipment and Accessories
Tunze Nano Auto Top Off 3152
AI Nero 5
Red Sea DIY Lid Cover
Caribsea Liferock (20 lbs)
Arag-Alive Boahamas Oolite sand (10 lbs)
Vibrant
Red Sea Reef-Spec Carbon
Bio-Spheres
150 Watt Heater
Red Sea ReefLED 50
Seachem Reef Glue
Instant Ocean Hold Fast Aquarium Bond Stick
Flipper Glass Cleaner

Food
New Life Spectrum Pellets
LRS Reef Frenzy
Marine Flakes
Reef-Roids

Coral
Daisy Polyps
Frozen Apple Zoa
GSP
Dragon Soul Favia
Green Base Duncan
WWC Nirvanas
Green Star Polyp (yellow)
WWC Bloodsuckers
TSA Candied Apples
TSA Rainbow Spectrum Zoas
Pulsing Xenia
Jason Fox Sector 001
TSA Lemon Laser Cloves
Blow Pop Zoas
Branching Hammer Coral
Blasto (Red and Green)
JF Outer Space Psammacora
Frogspawn (Light Green)
Frogspawn (Neon Green)

 

[REEDELZ]

Any recommendations for additions or changes encouraged I’m a beginner and still learning

 

[wolfen281]

I’m a newbie pretank purchase.
Looks good.
How do you like the Nero5 so far? Did you choose it because of size?

 

[REEDELZ]

I’m a newbie pretank purchase.
Looks good.
How do you like the Nero5 so far? Did you choose it because of size?

The Nero 5 is awesome! I chose it based on the ability to lower it to 1% and I could always use it on a bigger tank if I decide to upgrade. My corals have loved it and I’ve noticed more polyp extension and growth when I added it to the tank.

 

[REEDELZ]

Update
The tank seems to be doing well but my gsp on the rights side of the back wall won’t seem to open up, everything else seems to be doing pretty good.

Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.2 DKH
Calcium: 400 ppm
Magnesium: 1440 ppm

Do these parameters seem okay?

 

[REEDELZ]

I added 3 new Zoas to the garden! I can’t seem to get the gsp to stay glued to the back wall, it has fallen down 3 times now.

Rastas
Scrambled Eggs
Red People Eater

 

[Herndonh75]

What type of reservoir did you use with your Tunze? I’m looking now to add a new ATO to my max nano.

 

[REEDELZ]

What type of reservoir did you use with your Tunze? I’m looking now to add a new ATO to my max nano.

I am just using a generic 5 gallon water jug from LFS. I drilled a couple holes in the lid for the wires and tubing to get a good seal.

 

[Herndonh75]

I am just using a generic 5 gallon water jug from LFS. I drilled a couple holes in the lid for the wires and tubing to get a good seal.

Oh ok. Seems simple enough haha!

 

[REEDELZ]

3 month update:
Coralline algae is really starting to take off and the corals seem to be doing really well. I started dosing all-for-reef daily and that seems to be doing the trick for coral growth as well as AB+ for coloration.

 

[Erik the Red]

Looks really cool!
I have a question though. How much space is there between the front glass and the “sump/technical area” in the back of the tank itself?
Would you buy the tank again or do you think theres better out there for that price?

Thanks!